pero

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/, [ˈpe.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mas

From Russian перо́ (peró).

• Audio:

  (file)

pero (definite accusative peronu, plural perolar)

1. quill, pen (made from a feather)

   peronu mürəkkəbə batırmaq ― to dip the pen into the ink

Declension of pero
	singular	plural
nominative	pero	perolar
definite accusative	peronu	peroları
dative	peroya	perolara
locative	peroda	perolarda
ablative	perodan	perolardan
definite genitive	peronun	peroların

Possessive forms of pero
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	perom	perolarım
sənin (“your”)	peron	peroların
onun (“his/her/its”)	perosu	peroları
bizim (“our”)	peromuz	perolarımız
sizin (“your”)	peronuz	perolarınız
onların (“their”)	perosu or peroları	peroları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	peromu	perolarımı
sənin (“your”)	peronu	perolarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	perosunu	perolarını
bizim (“our”)	peromuzu	perolarımızı
sizin (“your”)	peronuzu	perolarınızı
onların (“their”)	perosunu or perolarını	perolarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	peroma	perolarıma
sənin (“your”)	perona	perolarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	perosuna	perolarına
bizim (“our”)	peromuza	perolarımıza
sizin (“your”)	peronuza	perolarınıza
onların (“their”)	perosuna or perolarına	perolarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	peromda	perolarımda
sənin (“your”)	peronda	perolarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	perosunda	perolarında
bizim (“our”)	peromuzda	perolarımızda
sizin (“your”)	peronuzda	perolarınızda
onların (“their”)	perosunda or perolarında	perolarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	peromdan	perolarımdan
sənin (“your”)	perondan	perolarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	perosundan	perolarından
bizim (“our”)	peromuzdan	perolarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	peronuzdan	perolarınızdan
onların (“their”)	perosundan or perolarından	perolarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	peromun	perolarımın
sənin (“your”)	peronun	perolarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	perosunun	perolarının
bizim (“our”)	peromuzun	perolarımızın
sizin (“your”)	peronuzun	perolarınızın
onların (“their”)	perosunun or perolarının	perolarının

• “pero” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpe.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

péro (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍᜓ)

1. but (used as a connector)

   Synonyms: alagad, ugaring

Inherited from Spanish pero (“but”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/, [ˈpe.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. but; however

• péro, píro

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛro]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero n (diminutive pérko or pírko)

1. feather
2. pen (writing instrument)

• “pero”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pero”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pero”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

pero

1. but, rather

• peru

From Old Galician-Portuguese pero, from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero

1. but (on the contrary; but rather)

   Synonym: mais

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

• pro, pró

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pero, peró, from Latin per hoc (“by this”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpe.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mais

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pero”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pero”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pero”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pero”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pero”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

pero (plural peri)

1. peer (title)

Borrowed from Russian перо (pero).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpero/, [ˈpe̞ro̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈperoi̯/, [ˈpe̞ro̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ero, -eroi̯
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. quill
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 78:

     Assiapaperit kirjutettaa perol, a ei krandoșșiil.

     Documents are writ with a quill, and not a pencil.

   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 36:

     Yhteiset meil ollaa riissat - perot, krantossit ja kirjat, veel i tetretit i kartat, stoolit, lavvat, sumat, partat, klaassan seinät, klaassan maa.

     We have shared objects - quills, pencils and books, also notebooks and maps, chairs, benches, bags, desks, walls of the classroom and the floor of the classroom.

Declension of pero (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	pero	perot
genitive	peron	perroin, peroloin
partitive	perroa	peroja, peroloja
illative	perroo	perroi, peroloihe
inessive	peros	perois, perolois
elative	perost	peroist, peroloist
allative	perolle	peroille, peroloille
adessive	perol	peroil, peroloil
ablative	perolt	peroilt, peroloilt
translative	peroks	peroiks, peroloiks
essive	peronna, perroon	peroinna, peroloinna, perroin, peroloin
exessive1)	peront	peroint, peroloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

From perä (“buttock”) +‎ -o.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpero/, [ˈpe̞ro̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈperoi̯/, [ˈpe̞ro̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ero, -eroi̯
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero (comparative peromp)

1. (of horses) stubborn

Declension of pero (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	pero	perot
genitive	peron	perroin, peroloin
partitive	perroa	peroja, peroloja
illative	perroo	perroi, peroloihe
inessive	peros	perois, perolois
elative	perost	peroist, peroloist
allative	perolle	peroille, peroloille
adessive	perol	peroil, peroloil
ablative	perolt	peroilt, peroloilt
translative	peroks	peroiks, peroloiks
essive	peronna, perroon	peroinna, peroloinna, perroin, peroloin
exessive1)	peront	peroint, peroloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “перо”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 399

From Latin pirus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ro/
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: pé‧ro

pero m (plural peri)

1. pear tree

• pera

Cognate to Spanish perro.

pero m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פירו, plural peros)

1. dog

Unknown, perhaps related to pēra (“bag, satchel; wallet”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.roː/, [ˈpeːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ro/, [ˈpɛːro]

pērō m (genitive pērōnis); third declension

1. A kind of boot made of raw hide, worn chiefly by soldiers or wagoners; a clodhopper

Third-declension noun.

• Italian: perone

• caliga

• “pero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pero”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[3]
• “pero”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pero in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “pero”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “pero”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From English pharaoh.

pero

1. pharaoh

pero

1. but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)

   Mi gusta e kas aki, pero e ta muchu karu.

   I like this house, but it's too expensive.

Inherited from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”).

• peró
• perol

• Rhymes: -ɛɾu
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero (obsolete)

1. but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)

   Synonyms: mas, porém, contudo

   • 1540, João de Barros, Grammatica da Lingua Portuguesa, page 13:

     Nome próprio, ę aquelle que se nam póde atribuir a mais que a hũa só cousa:como este nome, Lisboa, por ser próprio desta çidade, e nam conuem a Roma: nẽ ô de Cęsar, a Cipiam, peró se dissęrmos çidade, que ę gęral nome a todas, em tam será comũ.

     Proper name, is that whitch cannot be attributed to more than one thing:like this name, Lisbon, for it is proper of this city, and doesn't suit Rome: neither Caesar's, to Scipio, but if we say city, which is general name to all of them, then it shall be common.

2. even if (indicates that the preceding clause is true regardless of the following clause)

   Synonyms: ainda que, mesmo que

From Latin pirum. ^[1]

• Rhymes: -eɾu
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero m (plural peros)

1. a variety of apple, the fruit of the pereiro

   Synonym: maçã

2. a small variety of pear
3. (informal) a punch

   Synonyms: murro, soco

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

pero

1. but

• Generally used in favor of complex native grammar used to achieve the same ends.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): /pěro/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pèro n (Cyrillic spelling пѐро)

1. feather, plume
2. pen, quill (for writing)

   čov(j)ek od pera ― a man of letters

3. (figuratively) author, writer
4. plectrum

   Synonyms: plèktrōn, tȑzalica

5. flange of a mace head

• perad
• pȇrje
• pèrnat
• pérnica
• nalivpero

• “pero”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈperɔ]

pero n (genitive singular pera, nominative plural perá, genitive plural pier, declension pattern of mesto)

1. feather
2. pen (writing instrument)

• “pero”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

From Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): /pɛróː/

perọ̑ n

1. feather

Declension of pero (neuter, s-stem)
nom. sing.	pero
gen. sing.	peresa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pero	peresi	peresa
accusative	pero	peresi	peresa
genitive	peresa	peres	peres
dative	peresu	peresoma	peresom
locative	peresu	peresih	peresih
instrumental	peresom	peresoma	peresi

• perutnina
• perutničke

• “pero”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Inherited from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”). Compare Italian però, Old Franco-Provençal enperoi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpe.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mas

   Mi casa es pequeña, pero cómoda.

   My house is small, but comfortable.

2. well well; so; well (used for emphasis)

• > Chavacano: pero (inherited)
• → Rapa Nui: pero
• → Tagalog: pero
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pero, poro

• sino

pero m (plural peros)

1. but (restriction)

• “pero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• peor

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)

1. but

   Synonyms: kaso, ngunit, subalit, bagamat, datapwat

• poro

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɾo], [ˈpoɾo]

pero

1. but

• Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎^[5] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 76, 176

From Spanish perro (“dog”).

pero

1. dog

• de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643